Clean Water Act fines News

Kentucky Mining Company Fined for Clean Water Act Violations

Kentucky’s Energy and Environment Cabinet has agreed to levy a stiff fine against a coal mining company that acknowledged thousands of Clean Water Act violations, effectively barring the company from operating in Kentucky in the future. Frasure Creek Mining and …

Supreme Court Rejects BP, Anadarko Appeal of Gulf Spill Fines

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected bids by BP Plc and Anadarko Petroleum Corp. to avoid penalties under federal pollution law in connection with the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill. The high court left in place a June …

BP Witness Praises Oil Spill Response at Fines Trial

BP Plc “conducted an extraordinarily effective response” to the 2010 Gulf of Mexico spill, the company’s first witness testified Monday as the oil producer sought to minimize potential pollution fines. BP immediately mobilized people and equipment and recovered spilled oil …